Minnow-net.



. MEAGLEY MINNOW NET APPLICATION FILED MAY a, 1913.

D Patented Jan. 20, 1914.

ALBERT D. MEAGLEY, OF BOWLING GREEN, OHIO.`

IVIINNOW-NET.

Speeication of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 20,1914.

Application filed May 8, 1913. Serial No. 766,448.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT D. MEAGLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bowling Green, in the county of Wood, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Minnow-Nets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is directed to improvements in minnow nets, and has for its object to so construct a device of this character that the same can be lowered in the water so as to trap the minnows.

A further object of the invention is to so construct a device of this character that when drawn from the water the possible escape of the trapped minnows is prevented.

lith these and other objects in View, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the net. Fig. 2 is a sectional View on line .2-2 of Fig. l. Fig, 3 is a similar view on line 3-3 of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a frame, which consists of a plate Q, the same being provided with radially arranged slots 3, and alined with each slot is a perforation l which 1s engaged by the hooked ends 5 of the arms 6 when their poi tions adjacent the hooks 5 are engaged 1n the slots 3.

The arms 6 are formed from resilient wire and are bent intermediate their ends to provide eyes 7 said arms also being provided attheir extreme lower ends with eyes 8.

Upper and lower frames and 10 are provided, the lower 'frame bemg greater 1n size than the upper frame. The frames are formed from cord, or if desired light wire may be used.

The upper frame 9 has connected thereto snap hooks 11, similar hooks 12 being con' nected to the lower frame 10, whereby when the snap hooks 11 and 12 are engaged in the eyes 7 and S, respectively, the frames will be stretched, owing to the resiliency of the arms 6, and held in rectangular form.

The netting 13 has its upper edges secured to three of the sides of the upper iframe 9, and their lower edges secured to a corresponding number of sides of the lower frame 10, said netting terminating below the lowermost frame in skirts 1,4-, which have their edges provided with sinkers 15 so as to facilitate the entrance of the skirts into the water.

A hood 1G is provided and is formed from netting 17 and has the upper edge of its mouth connected to one side of the upper frame 9 and the sides of its mouth connected to the parallel sides of the netting 13, while the lower edge of said mouth is provided with sinkers 1S. The lower edge of the mouth is suspended by one of the sides of the lower frame 10 by cords 19. It will be noted that the lower edge of the mouth of the hood is on a plane with the lower edges of the skirts 141:, so that when minnows are trapped by the skirts and netting 13, and the entire device moved quickly in one direction the minnows will pass into the hood through its mouth, during which time the hood will, by the resistance offered by the water, remain extended until the device is lifted to remove the minnows.

What is claimed is z- 1. A minnow net comprising a frame having resilient arms, upper and lower flexible frames supported by said arms, netting having its upper edges connected to certain of the sides of the upper frame and its lower edges connected to certain of the sides of the lower frame, said netting having its lower edge terminating in a weighted skirt, and a hood consisting of netting having the upper edge of its mouth connected to one of the sides of the upper frame and its Sides connected to the netting supported by the sides of the upper and lower frames, said hood having the lower edge of its mouth suspended below one of the sides of the lowermost frame and having sinkers eonncctcd thereto, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A minnow net comprising a frame consi sting of a plate, said plate having radially arranged slots formed therein, perforations formed in the plate and in alinementwith said slots, resilient arms having their upper ends passed through the slots and terminating in hooks adapted to engage the perforations, said arms being bent intermediate their ends to form eyes, eyes formed upon the lower ends of said arms, upper and hooks carried thereby for engaging the irst and second named eyes, respectively to hold said frame stretched in rectangular forni, netting Connected to the frames and having a skirt formed at its lower edge, A hood having its mouth in communication with the interior of the netting, said hood having its lower edge suspended upon the plane of the l lower flexible frames having snapping lower edge of the skirt, and sinlers oonnected to the lower edge of the hood and skirt, as and for the purpose set forth.

ln testimony whereo, I afix iny signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT D. MEAGLEY. lllitnesses EDWARD VELER, CLYDE R; PAINTER.

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Washington, D. C. 

